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How to recover from hacked website?

Hi,
I'm new here... I was browsing around to look for article that show how to increase website security. One of my friend's website is being hacked and all "functioinality" has been suspended by the hacker. Has anyone have any idea on how the hacker might do this or how to recover from this? Do you know any tips to prevent this from happening again? here is the website: www.umich.edu/~permias
Thanks guys!

It's a php based BBS. Search Google for the exploits against the particular board and you will most likely find the way (s)he gets in.

Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides

what kind of os you running? make sure when you backup you dont update some backdoor with it or some infected file b/c after a break-in nothing in the system can be trusted so be careful where you tread, also review the logs if its *nix, and get one of those forensic anazlyzers, its meant for something in your position, just google it, there are plenty of free ones out there, updates, security and watchful eye are all needed, watch the logs for something that may be devolping again, get some more security, ids (snort), and do some pen tests from home such as after your done locking down the server scan it (nmap, gfi lan guard)

Why do I get the horrible feeling he will backup his site, reinstall the OS, put the site back there as it was and then wonder why the cracker comes straight back in?.....

Don\'t SYN us.... We\'ll SYN you..... \"A nation that draws too broad a difference between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.\" - Thucydides